Paris — France will summon the American ambassador Charles Kushner To protest the Trump administration’s comments regarding The attack on the killing of a right-wing extremist activist, The Foreign Minister said.
Jean-Noel Barrot was responding to a statement from the State Department’s Counter-Terrorism Office, published on X, that “reports confirmed by the French Interior Minister that Quentin Deranque was killed by left-wing militants should concern us all.”
Dirank, A far-right activist has died from traumatic brain injuries Last week, he was beaten in the French city of Lyon. He was attacked during a quarrel on the sidelines of a student meeting in which the extreme leftist MP, Rima Hassan, was the main speaker.
His killing highlighted a climate of deep political tensions to come Presidential elections next year. On Saturday, French President Emmanuel Macron called for calm as about 3,000 people joined a march in Lyon organized by far-right groups to honor Derank.
Barrow said: “We reject any exploitation of this tragedy, which has put a French family into mourning, for political purposes.” “We have no lessons to learn, especially on the issue of violence, from the global reactionary movement.”
“Violent radical leftism is on the rise and its role in the death of Quentin Derank demonstrates the threat it poses to public safety. We will continue to monitor the situation and expect to see the perpetrators of the violence brought to justice,” the State Department said in its post.
Initial charges were brought against seven people. The Lyon Public Prosecutor’s Office requested charges of premeditated murder, aggravated violence and criminal conspiracy against each of them. Six of the defendants were charged on all three counts. The seventh was charged with complicity in premeditated murder, aggravated violence and criminal conspiracy.
Barrow said he had other topics to discuss with Kushner, including US decisions on the matter Imposing sanctions on thierry breton, A former European Union commissioner responsible for overseeing social media rules Nicola GuillotFrench judge at the International Criminal Court.
Barrow said both were targeted for “unjustified and unjustified” sanctions.
Kushner was asked to attend a meeting at the Foreign Ministry that was scheduled to take place on Monday evening, according to diplomatic sources. He had already been summoned in August last year because of the letter addressed to him Macron Claiming that the country has not done enough to combat anti-Semitism. French Foreign Ministry officials met with a representative of the American ambassador due to the diplomat’s non-attendance.